COMPANY: Harmonia Mundi
ARTIST: Paul Hillier
CATEGORY: CD

Product: 3149020879344

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Baltic Voices I-III

Composers: Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962), Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016), Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019), Veljo Tormis (1930-2017), Peteris Vasks (b. 1946), Urmas Sisask (b. 1960), Toivo Tulev (b. 1958), Per Nörgard (b. 1932), Galina Grigorjeva (b. 1962), Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Vaclovas Augustinas (b. 1959) a.o.

Kreek: 4 Psalms of David
+Pärt: Magnificat
+Rautavaara: Credo; Suite de Lorca
+Sandström: Hear my prayer, o Lord; Es ist genug
+Tormis: Latvian Bourdon Songs
+Vasks: Dona nobis pacem
+Sisask: 5 Songs aus Gloria Patri
+Tulev: And the in the Silence
+Nörgard: Winter Hymn
+Grigorjeva: On Leaving
+Schnittke: 3 Sacred Hymns
+Augustinas: The Flax-picking song
+Mazulis: The dazzled eye lost its speech
+Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Statements
+Bergman: 4 Galgenlieder
+Saariaho: Nuits, adieux
+Martinaitis: Alleluja, Sanctus
+Gorecki: 5 Kurpian Songs
+Tüür: Meditatio

Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Paul Hillier

Paul Hillier was one of the pioneers in exploring the music of the Baltic Countries in the last years of the twentieth century, and has always paid particular attention to their repertory, both sacred and secular. Supported by the grace and fervour of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, he is a passionate advocate for the choral heritage of these northern lands in this special edition assembling the three excellent volumes of the Baltic Voices series. A tempting invitation to discover this music for yourself!

March 2018

Each disc is beautifully recorded and exquisitely executed, Hillier drawing out of his singers the richest, most sumptuous blend in which not a detail is missed. If you want to get an overview of the Baltic region’s contemporary choral heritage, then you could not start in a better place than with these CDs.